Lefty Working Families Party's involvement in NYC Dem mayoral primary reeks of illegal election interference

For all the sniffing over various campaign no-no’s in this year’s mayoral race, the biggest one of all has passed without notice: The Working Families Party’s open efforts to decide the Democratic Party’s primary.

This is far different from a cross-endorsement in the general election, far closer to subversion or a hostile takeover.

Yes, everyone in local politics knows the WFP was basically founded to drag the Democrats left, but that was supposed to be via the same outside pressure the state Conservatives have deployed on the Republican Party.

But the WFP’s official announcement of its ranked-choice preferences in the Democratic primary crosses a clear line: It’s one thing for a Democratic faction (such as the Democratic Socialists) to endorse, another for an outside group to do